Inspirations. H.P. Lovecraft (his entire body of work, but especially From Beyond, At the Mountains of Madness, The Dunwich Horror, The Statement of Randolph Carter, The Silver Key), the movie adaptation of From Beyond (by Stuart Gordon), Indiana Jones franchise (Steven Spielberg’s early trilogy), The Mummy franchise led by Brandon Fraser (which is undoubtedly inspired by Indiana Jones), The Thing (by John Carpenter), Annihilation (by Alex Garland), The Treasure of Sierra Madre (John Huston), Clark Ashton Smith, Samuel Beckett

Character Art. Christian Carvalho Batista, H. P. Lovecraft Wiki

Preferred Actor. Cillian Murphy (Alternatives: Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joaquin Phoenix, Christian Bale, Ethan Hawke, Gabriel Byrne)

Setting. Faerûn